SQUALLED Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

squalled

verb

past tense of squall

as in shrieked

to cry out loudly and emotionally the baby squalled in pain

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Fans shrieked and hollered as every player in the realmwide war — Queen Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), Prince Daemon (Matt Smith), the Sea Snake (Steve Toussaint) and his nemesis Lohar (Abigail Thorn) — popped up.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 June 2026
As the noise-rap-electro act Jane Remover shrieked and pleaded through a 90-minute marathon set at the Fonda on Thursday night, one very young couple dressed right out of a conservative‘s nightmare — gender-ambiguous, purple hair, facial piercings — tapped me on the shoulder.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026

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The account provided directly to Fox News offered a more harrowing description of the sudden descent, with the passenger saying people screamed as overhead compartments opened and power aboard the aircraft went out.

— Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Investigators say Sanderson ran off when the girl screamed out for her dad, but prosecutors say the father and daughter pointed out someone else at the park as the attacker.

— Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

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